newbee question

From: Uday Mullangi (udaymullangi_at_lucent.com)
Date: 07/06/04

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    Hi,
        In Linux, how is the communication between user and kernel space happen?

    In general RTOS, if we execute a system call from the user level, a trap
    would be generated to switch the mode to the kernel level and the system
    call would execute in privileged mode.How does this happen in Linux?

    pl. correct me if i am wrong..

    Tks
    Uday

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